Forbes published an article titled "Four Ways Leaders Can Use Power For Good In The Workplace," explaining how leaders can effectively use power in the workplace. Power plays a significant role in both personal relationships and work environments. However, some people only seek power to gain control over others, resources, or information. While others strive for decision-making control or to have influence over their superiors when it comes to issues that affect their everyday work lives.

The article defines power, focusing on its sources and types, and how leaders can increase their control and use it effectively without hurting their organization and its members. Power is defined as an individual’s ability to motivate, persuade, and influence others to achieve specific goals or behaviors. Successful leaders motivate and influence people through their power toward greater achievements for themselves and their organizations.

The article emphasizes the significance of developing a leader's personal control, arranging and organizing the resources on which they depend, rather than solely relying on authority based on their position. Effective leaders are subordinates who inspire and influence people beyond their formal authority. Moreover, today's workers are less likely to passively accept a boss's commands if they aren't convinced that they are good for the organization. Therefore, leaders must earn and maintain the trust of their workforce and develop their individual power by creating a high degree of expertise within the organization.

One valuable lesson from the article is that successful leaders use power to accomplish tasks in the organization without relying on their job titles. However, it may raise two other questions. Do all leaders share the same values and principles? Can leaders collaborate effectively with each other? Lastly, the article stresses that the deceptive use of power may offer a short-term impact, but it will ultimately harm the organization in the long run and create issues for the leader, so the use of power must be ethical and good for all the stakeholders in the organization.